Fourth Circuit Holds That Defendant Can Be Guilty of Criminal Violation of Armed Export Control Act Even Without Specific Knowledge That the Exported Item Is a Regulated “Defense Article”http://www.lexisnexis.com/legalnewsroom/criminal/b/criminal-law-blog/archive/2014/03/04/fourth-circuit-defendant-guilty-criminal-violation-armed-export-control-act-specific-knowledge-regulated-defense-article.aspxBY: JOHN STAIGE DAVIS, V AND THOMAS B. MCVEY
To obtain a felony conviction under the Arms Export Control Act for &ldquo;willfully&rdquo; exporting &ldquo;defense articles&rdquo; without a license, must the government prove that the defendanten-US6.x Production